P L A T E DCXXIV.
L O T U S aiistralis.
SoiitJiem Lotus, or Bird's-foot Trefoil.
C L A S S X \ a L ORDEll IV.
DlADELPHIA DECA^'DRU. Stamens in Two Sets, Ten.
L E G U M E N cylindricum, strictum. Filaraenta
sub-cuneiforraia. Aloe sursura longitudinaliter
conniventes.
GENERIC CHARACTER.
POD cylindrical, straight. Filaments somewhat
wedge-shaped. Wings united lengthways
above.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
L O T U S herbaceus, foliis stipulisque lanceolatis
obovato-lanceolatisque pubescentibus ; floribus
amplis paucis ; capitulis longé pedunculatis:
leguminibus tereti-linearibus
calyce duplo longioribus.
H E R B A C E O U S Lotus, with lanceolate and inversely
ovate downy leaves and stipules; large
flowers few together, in heads upon long
footstalks; the pods roundish li.iear, and
double the length of the calyx.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
3 . Thevexillum.
3 . One of the wings.
4 . The keel.
5. Chives and pointal.
6 . The chives spread open and magnified.
.T « »n so rich in new families of plants, sometimes (though rarely) also furnishes us with a
^ T ^ h e ' ^ I n r t o r h u m b l e growth, and rather conspicuous wl. n in blossom from its fine heads of
flow " b h ot'^lt produced seeds in this country, and our account of the fruit >s from the fore.gn
^ p e X ; ' aLve mLtio'ned. Like most other New Holland plants, Lotus austrahs requn-es to be
kept in the Greenhouse, or at least sheltered m wmter.
I n our account of Euphorbia meloformis we omitted to add that the figure was taken from a fine
plant in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore, in August last.
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